1933, Newspaper (Hindu)
“Mahatma Gandhi and other Congressmen have agreed that mass civil disobedience should be called off and this, in our view, imposes on all Congressmen who do not propose to participate in civil disobedience, a clear duty towards the Congress. Without in any way...
Newspaper (Hindu)
The British Premier, Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award which provided for separate electorates for the Depressed Classes led to Gandhiji (who was in prison) going on a fast unto death if the provision was not changed. A conference of leaders of Caste Hindus and...
Newspaper (Hindu)
The historic pact between Lord Irwin, the Viceroy and Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 brought to an end the salt satyagraha. THE HINDU: “We are sure now that all obstacles have been surmounted, the two parties will be able to proceed to the great constructive effort to...
1950, Newspaper (Hindu)
“We have had too many things to do. And we have tried to do too many things at a time. Trained capacity has not matched with ambition. Power went to the head of too many who had done too little to generate it but who swarmed to it as flies to sugar. The sharing...
1930, Newspaper (Hindu)
The District Magistrate of Tanjore, Mr. J. F. Thorne I.C.S., issued a circular that the Satyagrahis marching to Vedaranyam (on the sea coast in the district) under the leadership of C. Rajagopalachari to break the salt law should not be given hospitality or any help...
Newspaper (Hindu)
“Are we to believe then that Indian princes are prepared to entrust their fate into the hands of an uninformed and unfamiliar white Democracy in England instead of getting into some kind of federal relationship and treaty arrangement with British India and the...
Newspaper (Hindu)
The following is THE HINDU editorial on its Golden Jubilee. “Honest and fearless criticism of men and measures, untainted by personalities and directed solely by consideration of the common weal, will, in the future as in the past, be our constant aim. And it...
Newspaper (Hindu)
The British Government appointed an all-white commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon to go into the question of constitutional reforms for India, THE HINDU: “The statutory commission on Indian reforms is an insult to India. It stands for the...
Newspaper (Hindu)
“Who that has followed his career with some care can deny that far from drawing England and India nearer to one another, Lord Reading has, by the manner in which he has dealt with the Indian people and their concerns, sensibly widened the gulf separating them?...
Newspaper (Hindu)
The new Viceroy, Mr. Wood (later Lord Irwin) was said to be interested in improving agriculture, which was his forte. THE HINDU: “India is a subject nation and ought to be grateful for small mercies…. But her malady today is political subjection from which...
